Valve describes just how brutal RAM negotiations are in 2026
Gamers Nexus: Were you able to lock in contracts for memory with the suppliers directly or did you have to jump through a bunch of hoops?
Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais: Look, there’s no contracts. There’s nothing. Those guys… they give us a price every month or something and they say, ‘you can buy that many,’ and it’s yes or no. And if we say no, then they never talk to us again.
Gamers Nexus: Were you able to lock in contracts for memory with the suppliers directly or did you have to jump through a bunch of hoops? Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais: Look, there’s no contracts. There’s nothing. Those guys… they give us a price every month or something and they say, ‘you…
